Ch.

4: The Thirteen English Colonies

Test

Name:____________________________________ Date:_______

Match the following terms with their definitions; put the letter on the line.

______Puritans A. person who learns a trade or craft from a master

______Quakers
______Pennsylvania Dutch
______Yankee
______Gentry
______Indentured Servant
______Apprentice
______Middle Class
B. highest social class in the 13 colonies
C. person who agrees to work off passage to the colonies
D. colonial class that included skilled craft workers, farmers
E. English Protestants that settled the Massachusetts Bay colony
F. Protestant reformers who believe in the equality of all people
G. German-speaking Protestants who settled Pennsylvania
H. nickname for New England merchants who dominated trade

List the thirteen colonies in order of when they were established.

Colony Date Established

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Draw a line connecting the following names to his/her contribution to the development of the 13
colonies.

Thomas Hooker He settled Connecticut with strict limits on government

Roger Williams He was the best example of the Enlightenment spirit

Anne Hutchinson He founded the colony of Pennsylvania

William Penn He was in charge of the colony of Maryland; he appointed

a governor and a council of advisors to control colony

Lord Baltimore He/she became an important symbol for religious

freedom; forced to leave Rhode Island

James Oglethorpe He settled the colony of Rhode Island; believed in

religious tolerance

Benjamin Franklin He founded South Carolina; last of the English colonies

John Winthrop First governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

Answer 2 of the following questions:

1. Explain what the “Triangular Trade” is; be sure to include what is sent where.

2. Explain what education was like for the children in the colonies.

3. Explain the involvement of slaves in the colonization of the America’s.